Update:
This morning's report says two of the five who were shot have been treated and released, and that their injuries are minor.
(Aaron Jackson, 20, of Hartford, Conn., and Shawn James, 23, of New York City)
Kojo Mensah, junior transfer from Siena was struck by a bullett in his arm and shoulder, and is still in the hospital but should be released today. He would not have been playing this season because he is a transfer, but might be able to resume full workouts in a few weeks.
Stuart Baldonado, perhaps the most promising of all the new Duquesne players is a junior college player from Florida, and was struck in the lower back and left arm. The one bullet barely missed his spinal column (*reportedly by 1/4 inch) but caused some significant muscle and nerve injury in the lower back, and it is already being stated that Baldonado will require at least three months of recovery and rehab, and so will likely redshirt this season.
The most severely injured player is junior-college transfer forward Sam Ashaolu, 23, of Toronto, a cousin of former Houston Rockets star Hakeem Olajuwon, who was in critical condition, his life in danger, after a bullet shattered and separated into three sections of his head.
His basketball career is of secondary importance at present as his life is still hanging in the balance with the severity of his injuries.
"In interviews Monday with The Associated Press, several players said the shootings apparently resulted from an act of jealousy by a nonstudent unhappy that the girlfriend he accompanied to a dance, sponsored by the Black Student Union, talked with a player or players for the Dukes. The players were followed by the disgruntled nonstudent and at least one of his acquaintances when they left the dance, they said, and the shootings happened as the players walked together toward the dormitory."
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